Lando School · Photo: Upstateherd · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Richburg commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
There are 83 jobs in Richburg; 164 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Richburg itself; outside it, Rock Hill draws the most (22%, 15 miles). Home is the office for 1% of workers, against 12% across South Carolina.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Richburg, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 164 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Richburg on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Richburg’s residents
Where Richburg clocks in
22% of workers
12% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
94% of the jobs in Richburg pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richburg, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 83. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Richburg’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richburg workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 140 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 86% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Richburg
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Richburg: questions
What is the poverty rate in Richburg?
41.8%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richburg?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Hill (22%, 15 mi), Charlotte (12%, 36 mi), Chester (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Richburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.